Last updated: January 16, 2024 23:41 EST | 1 min read Source: Pixabay ProShares has filed prospectus materials for five leveraged and inverse bitcoin ETFs days after the US SEC approved 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs. Spot Bitcoin ETFs trading which began on January 11, has already seen massive trading volumes,…

Last updated: January 15, 2024 23:25 EST | 1 min read Image Source: HashKey Group In a recent funding round, HashKey Group, the operator of one of Hong Kong’s two licensed crypto exchanges, successfully raised close to $100 million with a valuation of over $1.2 billion.Hashkey Group announced the completion…

Last updated: January 15, 2024 00:19 EST | 9 min read Disclaimer: The text below is an advertorial article that is not part of Cryptonews.com editorial contentImmediate Serax claims itself to be a crypto trading platform capable of empowering investors’ trading potential. According to the platform’s website, it has been…

Last updated: January 13, 2024 00:00 EST | 2 min read Source: AdobeStock / photo_gonzoVanguard, one of the world’s leading asset management firms, has secured a substantial stake in MicroStrategy (MSTR), providing investors with indirect exposure to Bitcoin (BTC).While Vanguard has opted against launching Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on its…

Last updated: January 13, 2024 07:08 EST | 3 min read Genesis Global Source: AdobeStock / Timon Genesis Global Trading, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, has agreed to pay an $8 million penalty to the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) after settling allegations of compliance failures.…

Last updated: January 11, 2024 22:09 EST | 1 min read Source: AdobeStockWhile the US has finally approved a decade-long wait for Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), South Korea still stands firm in banning BTC ETFs.South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) said that the launch of virtual currency ETFs is “impossible”…

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood has expressed disappointment at the statement made by SEC Chair Gary Gensler shortly after the agency approved a dozen exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that directly hold Bitcoin.“He just denigrated the whole crypto space. I couldn’t believe it,” she said in an interview with Bloomberg Radio.Wood said…

SEC Chair Gary Gensler. Source: screenshot of a YouTube video / Yahoo FinanceThe official X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was compromised when it posted the fake spot Bitcoin ETF approval announcement, X has confirmed.SEC’s Account did not Have a 2FA Set UpUpon completing a preliminary…

Source: PixabayIranian crypto exchange Bit24.cash users reportedly suffered a significant data breach exposing sensitive data of nearly 230K citizens. However, the exchange dismissed the allegation as “wholly untrue.”The breach was attributed to an alleged misconfigured storage system used by the exchange, according to a team of researchers at Cybernews, who…

Source: vladim_ka/AdobeMercari, one of Japan’s biggest e-commerce platforms, says it will start accepting Bitcoin (BTC) from June this year.Per a report from Nikkei, the firm will process Bitcoin payments via its Tokyo-based crypto subsidiary Melcoin.Melcoin will convert all BTC payments into yen, meaning that while buyers can choose BTC pay,…